82-4-424. Receipt and expenditure of funds -- disposition of penalties and other money. (1) The department may receive any federal funds, state funds, or any other funds for the reclamation of affected land. The department may cause the reclamation work to be done by its employees, by employees of other governmental agencies, by soil conservation districts, or through contracts with qualified persons.
(2) All penalties and other money paid under the provisions of this part, except fees provided for in 82-4-437, must be deposited in the environmental rehabilitation and response account in the state special revenue fund provided for in 75-1-110. Funds held by the department as bond or as a result of bond forfeiture that are no longer needed for reclamation and for which the department is not able to locate a surety or other person who owns the funds after diligent search must be deposited in the environmental rehabilitation and response account in the state special revenue fund.
History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 326, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 39, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1511; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 431, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 406, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 338, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 385, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 477, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 334, L. 2019.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas
Part 4. Opencut Mining Reclamation
82-4-402. Intent, findings, and policy
82-4-404. Exemption -- operations covered by metal mine reclamation
82-4-405. Inapplicability to government
82-4-406. Exemption -- opencut operations on federal and state lands
82-4-407. through 82-4-420 reserved
82-4-422. Powers, duties, and functions
82-4-424. Receipt and expenditure of funds -- disposition of penalties and other money
82-4-425. Inspection of opencut operations
82-4-426. Reclamation of land on which bond forfeited
82-4-427. Hearing -- appeal -- venue
82-4-428. through 82-4-430 reserved
82-4-431. Permit for mining, processing, and reclamation required
82-4-432. Application for permit -- contents -- issuance -- amendment
82-4-434. Plan of operation -- requirements
82-4-436. Plan amendments by department
82-4-437. Annual report -- fees
82-4-438. Opencut fund -- use of fund
82-4-439. Extended review -- criteria -- timeframes
82-4-441. Administrative and judicial penalties -- enforcement
82-4-442. Suspension and revocation orders
82-4-443. and 82-4-444 reserved
82-4-445. Reclamation of abandoned mine sites
82-4-446. Filing of lien for abandoned mine reclamation project